Muriel Del Don

Geneva

Contributing Editor at Cineuropa

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The 24th edition of the NIFFF takes a new approach to its Open Air sidebar

3 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- In 2025, the hotly anticipated Open Air element of the NIFFF will extend across the entire Place des Halles, marking a crucial change for genre film loversNow an unmissable event for those attending the NIFFF (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival), the 24th edition of which is due to unspool between 4 and 12 July 2025, the Open Air sidebar is shedding its skin and taking a new form.
Zoya Laktionova • Director of Ashes Settling in Layers on the Surface

3 weeks ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- We caught up with the Ukrainian director to discuss her new project, the winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Visions du RéelFor her new project and first feature film, Ashes Settling in Layers on the Surface, winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Visions du Réel (see the news), Zoya Laktionova decided to dive into her memories, not only those of her family but also those of a country that, against its will, is mutating and changing morphology.
Review: Colostrum

1 month ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- Sayaka Mizuno traces with great sensibility and poetry the daily life of characters that seem to live out of time, surrounded by nature that embraces them almost to the point of suffocationColostrum, by Swiss filmmaker Sayaka Mizuno, presented as a world premiere at Visions du Réel in the National Competition, catapults us into a dreamy landscape, amongst the picturesque mountains of Switzerland.
VDR-Industry announces this year’s winners

1 month ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

VISIONS DU RÉEL 2025 VdR-Industry / Awards by - More than 80,000 Swiss francs’ worth of prizes have been awarded to 11 projects and a completed short film during the closing ceremony of Visions du Réel’s industry sidebar During its awards ceremony, the VdR-Industry strand of Visions du Réel announced that 13 prizes were being handed out to projects previously presented at the 23rd edition, including one Special Mention. This is the second year that the international Eurimages Co-Production...
Review: Croma

1 month ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- Manuel Abramovich creates a shared cinematographic utopia in which his characters experiment with new and liberatory forms of community livingCroma, a movie directed by Argentine filmmaker, artist and director of photography Manuel Abramovich and presented in a world premiere within the Visions du Réel Festival’s Burning Lights section, allows us to dream about a tolerant and cathartic world without limits, a world in which we can lose ourselves and find ourselves all over again.
Review: The Other World

1 month ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- Callisto Mc Nulty catapults us into a protected yet troubling universe where so-called lepers have been able to tend to their wounds far away from the outside worldThe Other World by French-Swiss director and artist Callisto Mc Nulty, which was presented in a world premiere in the Visions du Réel Festival’s Burning Lights section, allows the audience to slip inside the four walls of a place which has represented the boundary between health and illness, normality and monstrosity, for years.
Review: Niñxs

1 month ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- Kani Lapuerta invites us to join them in their highly respectful and affectionate close-up observation of a trans adolescent’s everyday life as she tries to impose her own rules Presented in a world premiere in the Visions du Réel Festival’s International Feature Films Competition, Niñxs by documentary-maker, social educator and trans-feminist activist Kani Lapuerta offers a cathartic journey through eight years in the life of Karla, a trans girl who has chosen to fight against the...
Reinas and We, the Inheritors triumph at the Swiss Film Awards

1 month ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- Klaudia Reynicke and Simon Baumann’s films have been crowned Best Fiction Film and Best Documentary, respectively, by the Swiss Film AcademyReinas [+see also: film reviewtrailerinterview: Klaudia Reynickefilm profile] by Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke has scooped the Swiss Film Award for Best Fiction Film and We, the Inheritors by Simon Baumann Best Documentary.
Review: Scars of Growth

2 months ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- For their feature film, German filmmaker Monika Grassl and Slovak director Linda Osusky choose to talk, with courage and militancy, about a pressing issue that touches us all closely Presented in world premiere at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva in the Focus competition, dedicated to films that bear witness to violences against human rights through the incisive and courageous gaze of militant directors or journalists, Scars of Growth, by director...
Visions du Réel announces a rich programme with a plurality of approaches and forms

2 months ago | cineuropa.org | Muriel Del Don

- With 154 films, 88 of which world premieres, the Swiss festival offers a selection of bold and singular works that represent the diversity of non-fiction cinemaHaving proudly reached its 56th edition (4-13 April), Visions du Réel confirms its position as the second most important festival in Switzerland when it comes to launching new films. This year, the programme will indeed be marked by the strong presence of debut films – 58, 28 of which are features.